Purpleaxxe1972 said:

NinaB said:

I was 13 & Kiss was released, i saw the vidoe...aint been the same since! Saved up my pocket money & bought Parade. Then i read an article (i still have it) that listed all his albums, b sides, 12", associated artists etc...started to write lists, save, ask friends & family to get me albums for my birthday/xmas. The day Lovesexy came out i went to the record shop after school with empty pockets & just stood there staring at the album! Haha! Felt very sorry for myself leaving empty handed

What magazine was that article from? I bought all the Jet, Black Beat, and Rolling Stones magazines he was featured in to read those articles. That one would have been very helpful back in the day.

I had to dig out my old scrap books to find it (i've got a few dozen!) It was a little uk mag (a bit like smash hits) called No.1 (number one) the date is 11th april '87.

Marrk said:

thedance said:

Here is the order, in what year I have bought my Prince albums:

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1983: 1999 < the first, a magical time

1984: Purple Rain

1985: Around The World In A Day

1985: Controversy/ Dirty Mind/ Prince/ For You

1986: Parade

1987: Sign O' The Times

1988: Lovesexy

1989: Batman

1990: Graffiti Bridge

1991: Diamonds & Pearls

1992: the Love Symbol album

1993: The Hits/ B-sides

1994: Come / The Black Album

1995: The Gold Experience

1996: Chaos & Disorder/ Emancipation

1998: Crystal Ball/ Newpower Soul

1999: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic

2001: The Rainbow Children

2003: NEWS

2004: Musicology

2006: 3121

2007: Planet Earth

2008: Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic/ Indigo Nights book and CD

2009: Lotusflower & MPLSound

2010: 20Ten

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I have followed the purple one in thick and thin,

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mostly thin in 1996 to 2010.

You could have just said 1999. As a ten year old, I used to sneak a listen to my Dads copy of Dirty Mind. does that count?

^ Hey Marrk :

I made a "copy - paste" from this thread:

> Do you remember in what order you bought your first P albums?

http://prince.org/msg/7/370140


Maybe too much info..?

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Purpleaxxe1972 said:

spooklectric said:

Funny how similar these stories are.

My first was 1999 in early 1989. Something in the water got me hooked and then it was Purple Rain and Parade and the early albums in rapid succession...

"something In The Water" was a song I didn't care for much until I was older. It's a very moody piece of music. It's something I listen to once and a while still, especially with the stereo I pieced together from pawn shop trolling.

Yes, actually I hated it when I first heard it. But it intrigued me, it was so weird with all the screaming... so different from the stuff playing on the radio...

purple rain

Hits 1. At 7 years old, when doves cry felt like another dimension.

toejam said:

The Hits 1, c.1997/98 (mainly because I liked the song "1999")

Then I think I got Batman and Newpower Soul not long after (I didn't know Newpower Soul was new at the time, I just found it in a bargain basement bin and thought what-the-heck?!)

Rave was the first album I remember actively anticipating, seeking out the preview reviews, buying it the week it came out etc.

And have been hooked in ever since...

I know. The podcasts betray you.

I feel I know you better than my wife!

In 1982, when I was 12, I wanted to buy the 1999 album, but I somehow wound up first purchasing the 2-for-1 commercial cassette tape that had both Dirty Mind and Controversy albums on it (the first time I ever read liner notes in full.) That tape was my security blanket, for real. Can't believe I did not wear a hole in it. I still have it around here somewhere just for the sentimental value. My first actual vinyl album was 1999, which I bought shortly thereafter.

I fell in love with '7' and then I started listening to the entire album

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